This course was developed with and for carers. It will help you gain a clearer understanding of who you are, identify your personal qualities and recognise the range of skills and abilities you’ve developed from your personal experiences and whilst caring.
It will also help you to look forward, to think about what you’d like to do now or in the future and to make plans that will help you get where you hope to be.

Caring Counts in the Workplace (a reflection and planning
course for managers and policy makers) is a new version of the original course Caring Counts: a
self-reflection and planning course for carers. It has been adapted
by The Open University in Scotland for managers and policy makers and
is aimed at supporting carers in the workforce. We have developed this in
collaboration with the Equal Partners in Care project (Scottish Social Services
Council and NHS Education for Scotland) and with Carers Scotland.

SPN course Introducing practical healthcare is a short course which introduces the basic healthcare assistant role and healthcare practice. The course covers the healthcare assistant role, working with patients and colleagues, healthcare practice and duty of care.

Respecting the individuality of each person is a central value of social work but, as the term suggests, social work is not only about individual perspectives: it also takes place in a social context. Society, demography, geography, national legislation, national policy, and language all play an important part, both in the lives of service users and carers and in the practice of social work practitioners. This course will introduce you to the importance of recognising that social work practice happens in context. In particular, you will learn about what this means for social work in Wales – in the Welsh context.

This course has been designed for professionals, such as Parkinson’s specialist nurses and other clinicians, who provide clinical input for people with Parkinson’s in outpatient and inpatient settings. Its purpose is to enhance your understanding and recognition of bone health issues in Parkinson’s and to guide you in assessing and managing the increased fracture risks associated with the condition.

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